Non ISO Acrylic Enamels?

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  • October 10, 2013 at 4:59 am #44857

    After doing bodywork to my 1974 Standard Beetle, I’ve been researching and considering paint options. Right now, the car seems to have single stage urethane paint on it that looks like it was done sometime in the late 1990s. I’m by no means looking for a perfect showcar paint job here, just something that is one consistent shade of orange and has some semblance of gloss that lasts a couple of years until I can afford a professional catalyzed paint finish. I will not be stripping the entire car down to bare metal, but will block sand the existing paint and apply the new coating directly over it.

    – Catalyzed Urethane Paint: I really don’t want to mess with this stuff in my backyard, as I realize how truly toxic the isocyanate hardeners in it can be. Unless I have supplied air respiration, I don’t want to spray it anymore near my family, dog, or neighbors.

    -Acrylic Enamel: As far as I see it, this really just leaves me with Acrylic Enamel Automotive Paints as my sole option. I realize the tradeoff is long drying time, but I don’t mind. It appears that most acrylic enamels can accept a hardener, and indeed, it seems that some require it.

    [b][size=5]What I really want to know, is can anyone recommend an acrylic enamel automotive paint that DOES NOT require and ISO catalyzed hardener to be added to make it dry? [/size][/b]

    1) I’ve been considering this NASON INDUSTRIAL ACRYLIC ENAMEL. It seems like one of the few that doesn’t need to be catalyzed:
    http://pc.dupont.com/dpc/en/US/html/visitor/common/pdfs/b/product/nsn/Nason/435-96_IE_Fast_Dry_Binder.pdf

    2) I’ve also been considering this AIC INDUSTRIAL/FLEET ACRYLIC ENAMEL sold at my local SHERWIN WILLIAMS jobber. It also says it can be sprayed without hardener/catalyst.
    http://www.paintdocs.com/webmsds/webPDF.jsp?SITEID=SWA&prodno=K1&doctype=PDS&lang=2

    Thanks in advance.

    October 10, 2013 at 5:57 am #44859

    Any Enamal paint will bennifit lots with the adition of a hardner, Way better gloss and chemicial resistance. I would not even consider painting a car without a catalyzed paint. Wear a mask and harden it. It is only one paint job it aint going to kill ya.

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